Fidobank Explained

Fidobank (formerly SEB Bank) was a bank in Ukraine that until 2012 belonged to theSwedish SEB Group.

It was registered at the National Bank of Ukraine on October 2, 1991, under the name AGIO Bank (Ukrainian: АЖІО банк). It used to be known as Ukrpostachbank (Ukrainian SSR). This bank was acquired by SEB Vilniaus bankas in January 2005 and later renamed SEB Bank.^[1] In late 2007 SEB acquired Factorial Bank (Ukrainian: Факторіал-Банк)^[2] with offices in Kharkiv and the East Ukraine. Factorial bank was incorporated as a department of SEB Bank during 2008–2009.^{[3] [4]}

Today the SEB Group owns only a life insurance company in Ukraine.^[5]

In 2012 SEB Group sold its banking business in Ukraine to a Cyprus offshore company "Ignace Marketing Limited" (20%) and a consulting company "Finance Analit Service" (80%) (belongs to "Ignace Marketing Limited" through "Deviza").^[6] Ignace Marketing Limited through a number of other offshore companies belong to Oleksandr Adarich.^[7]

In 2015, Fidobank acquired MoneXy, the first Ukrainian electronic payment system, founded by Pavlo Tanasyuk and Yuriy Chaika in 2009.

Fidobank also acquired Erste Bank Ukraine AT (formerly Bank Prestige)^[8] from the Austria based Erste Group.^{[9] [10]}

Bank Prestige was founded by former owner of Bank Aval after the sale of last to the Raiffeisen International.^{[11] [12]}

See also

• List of banks in Ukraine

External links

• SEB Bank's official homepage

Notes and References

1. http://www.rbc.ua/ukr/newsline/show/ab_azhio_pereimenovan_v_oao_seb_bank__1148477347 АБ "Ажіо" перейменований у ВАТ "СЕБ Банк".
2. http://www.prostobank.ua/spravochniki/banki/(name)/faktorial Факториал - Банк
3. http://www.kisilandpartners.com/ua/matters/seb_group_horizontal_merger_of_the_two_ukrainian_subsidiary_banks_of_the_swedish_group/ EB Group (Швеція) – горизонтальне злиття двох українських дочірніх банків швецької групи – СЕБ Банк (Київ) і Факторіал Банк (Харків)
4. Web site: SEB Банк приєднав до себе Факторіал-банк . 2013-09-10 . 2016-03-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305015702/http://vkurse.ua/ua/business/seb-bank.html . dead .
5. Web site: Home . seb.ua.
6. http://economics.unian.net/ukr/news/132904-seb-bank-zminiv-nazvu-na-fido-bank.html «СЕБ Банк» змінив назву на «Фідо Банк»
7. http://fidobank.ua/files/files/ownership_structure.pdf Схематичне зображення структури власності Банку
8. http://www.prostobankir.com.ua/mezhbankovskiy_biznes/novosti/ukrainskiy_bank_prestizh_kiev_kuplen_avstriytsami Украинский банк Престиж (Киев) куплен австрийцами
9. http://www.epravda.com.ua/news/2012/12/20/351861/ "Фідобанк" Адаріча купує "Ерсте Банк"
10. http://news.finance.ua/ua/~/1/0/all/2013/07/02/304658 Фідокомбанк (колишній Ерсте Банк) має намір приєднатися до Фідобанку
11. http://www.uabanker.net/daily/2006/02/022706_1100.shtml В Украине экс-совладельцы банка "Аваль" создана новая ФПГ - "Престиж Групп"
12. Web site: БАНКИРЫ УКРАИНЫ . 2013-09-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130907003000/http://banker.ua/persons/person/11/ . 2013-09-07 . dead .